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ONLINE PREMIERE
The Flight of the Hummingbird
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 10am

Pacific Opera Victoria and Vancouver Opera are thrilled to present a free broadcast of the new family opera The Flight of the Hummingbirdonline May 19, 2020, at 10 am PDT. Available on Facebook Live, Youtube, Instagram TV and Telus Optik TV channel 710.

Thanks to your support, Pacific Opera Victoria and Vancouver Opera’s co-production of The Flight of the Hummingbird took flight in January 2020 to schools across our province. The tour was stalled and community performances were cancelled due to COVID 19, but we are pleased to present a free online broadcast of the opera for families and educators. This new opera for young audiences is 45 minutes in length and will be followed by a Q+A with the cast.

For more information about the production, visit hummingbird.vancouveropera.ca. Post-show activities for school aged children will also be available on hummingbird.vancouveropera.ca.

Every Friday Division 9 & 10 get together to work on Second Step. Second Step is a program that teaches children skills for social and academic success.

Our topic is: Emotional Management

This weeks lesson: Managing Anger

Lesson concepts:

• Feeling angry is natural.
• Hurtful, mean behaviours are not okay.
• Your body lets you know when you are angry.
• Learning to relax calms you down.

Today we will talk about managing anger. Everybody feels angry sometimes, but it is not okay to be mean and hurt peoples bodies and feelings when you’re angry.

Think, turn, tell: what did you learn from the song?

People show anger in different ways.  Some people are loud and noisy.  Others are quiet. You can feel a little bit angry, or you can feel very angry. When you are very angry, you are having a strong feeling.

Everybody gets angry sometimes. Its just part of life. But doing hurtful things when you are angry – like hitting, kicking, calling other people names, yelling, and pushing – is not okay because they hurt other people’s bodies and feelings.

When you’re angry, you need to calm down so you don’t act in hurtful ways.  Its easier to calm down if you do it as soon as you notice you feel angry.  If you feel tense, you can use the Calm-Down steps and big belly breaths to help you relax.

Reminder:

• Put your hands on your tummy
• Say stop and say “I am feeling angry!”
• Take some deep, slow breaths that make your belly move out

Remember to go to Ms. Quin’s Blog for week six of music and movement activities.

http://sd41blogs.ca/quin-music/

Listen to this video:  What do we learn about plants?

Life Cycle:  The way a living thing grows and changes.

Life Cycle of a Plant

First, a seed begins life in the soil.

Then, the seed begins to sprout.

Next, the seedling, or baby plant, emerges from the soil.

Finally, the seedling grows into a plant.

We also learned from the video that plants have certain needs.  Reminder: Needs are things that we must have to survive.

In order to survive, plants need:

• Water
• Sunlight
• Air
• Soil

Complete the plant activities in the protected blog post.